We are ALTANA: one group of companies – four divisions: BYK, ECKART, ELANTAS, and ACTEGA. A global leader in specialty chemicals and with myriad opportunities for you to develop and grow. Enrich your life with this decisive plus!

With more than 8.000 employees, the ALTANA Group achieved sales of over 3 billion euros in 2024. ALTANA Management Services GmbH, a company of the ALTANA Group, offers a portfolio of solutions and platforms for all ALTANA companies and bundles internal services and competencies across divisions. At our sites in Wesel and Güntersthal, around 170 people work in functions such as IT, Corporate Procurement, Corporate EH&S, Accounting Services, Intellectual Property, Payroll, General Administration und Digital Transformation.

Exciting opportunities await you – in this role, you will independently execute complex purchasing projects for IT and Consulting Services in a global environment in close collaboration with internal stakeholders, implement procurement strategies aligned with corporate goals, and identify and realize savings potentials. This includes:

• Supplier management including the selection, evaluation and development of key suppliers
• Contract negotiation and management, ensuring compliance with internal policies and legal requirements
• Reporting and communication of procurement performance and achievements
• Support of cross-functional initiatives and contribution to continuous improvement in procurement processes

With this profile, you convince us – you have completed a university degree or a vocational training in business administration, computer science, or a related field and possess extensive procurement experience in an IT and service environment? Good. You have a SAP Key User track record in SAP R/3 resp. S/4HANA MM and Ariba? Excellent. If you can also check off the following skills and competencies, we warmly invite you to apply:

• Familiarity with ERP systems and procurement tools
• Strong negotiation skills and business acumen
• Communication dexterity, sharp intercultural awareness, and a collaborative mindset
• Structured and proactive way of working with a high level of initiative
• Fluency in German and English, both written and spoken

You can count on ALTANA – by joining the ALTANA Group you will be working in an organization with a unique culture of innovation which encourages individual ideas and talent and promotes open, trusted collaboration. In detail: Look forward to a position in a stable company that is excellently positioned for the future. You will also enjoy …

• A comfortable working environment where everyone knows each other personally and exchanges views, as well as short information and decision-making paths
• An excellent environment for implementing your ideas paired with constructive openness to new developments and other ways of thinking
• Modern pension schemes
• Flexible working hours with options to work partially remotely
• Very attractive development opportunities in a globally active and growing group of companies

We invite you to get to know us better and to become part of our team. Discover your career plus in specialty chemistry. Please send us your application, preferably via our job market www.altana.jobs.

ALTANA Management Services GmbH | Nicola Krohn | HR | Tel. +49 281 670-26039

ALTANA AG and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Job number: #1598
Legal entity: ALTANA Management Services GmbH
Location: Wesel on the Lower Rhine